Washing-machine



J. P. SGHLOSSSTEIN.

Washing-Machine.

No. 225,647. Patented Mamie, I880.

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ILPETERS, PNOTD-LITI1OGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. u c

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. SOHLOSSSTEIN, OF FOUNTAIN CITY, WISCONSIN.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 225,647, dated March16, 1880.

Application filed July 28, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I. JOHN F. SoHLosss'rniN, of Fountain City, in thecounty of Buffalo and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates more particularly to the devices which act upon theclothes and to mechanism which aetnates these devices. Their action isone of compression or squeezing, as distinguished from rotary or otherdcviees, which are liable to strain, damage, or tear the clothes.

Figure 1 is a vertical section through y y of Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a verticalsection through line 00 x of Fig. 1, and Figs. 3 and 4 details enlarged.

Within the case or box A, which is preferably made of somewhat ovalform, I place a crank-shaft, B, having two or more pairs of cranks, c,projecting, as shown, from opposite sides of this shaft, and connecteach crank, by means of a pitman or link, (1, with the bent arms or,levers 0, all of which levers are ful' crumed on a shaft, f.

To the lower or free ends of each bent lever 0, I affix firmly a fiatboard or paddle, 9, having each a series of cavities or depressions, g,on its inner or acting face.

The links (I may be connected to the crankshaft by coupling-boxes h, orby equivalent means, and to the bent levers e by pins, the links havingtwo or more holes to allow of adjnsting the positions of the levers 0upon the links, and consequently the positions of each pair of oppositepaddles relatively to each other, as occasion may require. A crank, i,on

the crank-shaft, serves to revolve the same to operate the machine, andj is a hinged cover for opening and closing the box.

The pitnien are so applied to the cranks that one pair of paddles shallbe approaching each other while its next adjacent pair (or pairs, ifmore than two pairs be used) shall be receding from each other.

Instead of the cavities 9, holes may be made through the paddles, andthese cavities or holes let the fabrics slightly sink into them,facilitating the cleansing.

When the machine is in operation it will now be seen that the paddles intheir action do not pull, scrape, or strain the fabric, nor can theytear off the buttons, hooks and eyes, or other attachments from thegarments, nor enter and tear out button-holes, pockets, slits, or otheropenings therein, and as one pair of paddles is always moving away fromthe clothes after having squeezed them, that portion of the clothes thenlying between them is at this stage free and loose, thus permitting afreer and fuller action upon them of the ap proachin g pair or pairs ofpaddles.

While the paddle or compressor arms 0 are shown as so applied to thelinks and cranks that one pair of compressors approach while the nextpair recede from each other, it will be evident that they may be soarranged that all shall approach and all reeede together; but I preferthe arrangement and action shown.

I claim The combination, in a washing-machine, of the revolvingcrank-shaft B, provided with pairs of cranks, links 01, and the pairs oflevers 6, provided each with a compressor or paddle, g, the combinationbeing and operating substantially as shown and described.

JOHN F. SOHLOSSSTEIN.

Witnesses:

J AGO SToLL, CHRIST. FLORIN.

